Girl, 14, Charged In 3 January Carjackings In West Town
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 14-year-old girl was charged Tuesday in three carjackings and with possessing a stolen vehicle.
The suspect was arrested at 1:59 p.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of South Trumbull Avenue in Lawndale, police said.
She was accused in three carjackings in West Town in January, and with stealing a car that had been left running in Logan Square.
Police said the girl carjacked a vehicle from a 53-year-old woman on Jan. 16 in the 2900 block of West Walton Street, another on Jan. 20 from a 36-year-old woman in the 2500 block of West Chicago Avenue, and another that same day from a 64-year-old man in the 2900 block of West Walton Street.
The girl is also accused of taking an unattended vehicle in the 1900 block of North Rockwell Street on Jan. 20.
The girl was charged with three felony counts of vehicular hijacking and one count of possessing a stolen motor vehicle.
Police initially identified the suspect as a 14-year-old boy, but later revised the information to say it was a 14-year-old girl.
Carjackings have been at an epidemic level in Chicago this winter.